Relationship issues

Published on 16 August 2011

"Who's this woman?"

"I'm doing it for Europe!"

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy met in Paris on August 16 in an attempt to reassure the markets of their support for the European Financial Stability Facility.

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